Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report No. 78-110-585: Piper Aircraft Corporation: Vero Beach, Florida

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• Personal Author:
  Burroughs, G. Edward
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Personal and area environmental samples were collected, and a walk through survey and interviews were conducted at the request of an authorized employee representative to determine if workers at the Piper Aircraft Facility (SIC-3079) in Vero Beach, Florida were exposed to potentially toxic substances. Approximately 150 employees in two departments who work with acrylonitrile-butadiene- styrene (9003569) plastic or use a resin fibrous-glass buildup technique were studied. Short term styrene (100425) concentrations exceeded OSHA criteria of 100 parts per million (ppm) for an 8 hour time weighted average (TWA). One of 13 long term samples for styrene was measured at 293ppm, which was above the recommended OSHA standard of 200ppm. Concentrations of methyl-alcohol (67561) (0.3 to (1.2 to 3ppm), butadiene (106990) (0.7 to 1.3ppm), total particulates (0.4 to 7.3 milligrams per cubic meter, mg/cu m), and acrylonitrile (107131) (0.8 to 1.4ppm) were below recommended OSHA maximum concentrations of 200ppm, 1,000ppm, 100ppm, 1,000ppm, 15mg/cu m, and 20ppm, respectively. Evaluation results indicate that some employees were exposed to potentially toxic short term concentrations of styrene. The author recommends the addition of local exhaust ventilation, a review of the effectiveness of existing ventilation systems, and maintenance of work practices that include the use of gloves and skin lotion to reduce skin dryness and irritation. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Dermatitis Environmental Exposure Environmental Monitoring Hazardous Substances Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Plastics Polystyrenes Safety Safety Management Skin Styrene Ventilation

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• Keywords:
  ABS Acrylonitrilebutadiene-Styrene Air-monitoring Aircraft-parts Chemical-exposure Hazard-Confirmed HHE-78-110-585 Molded Fibrous Glass NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation OSHA Region 4 Personal-air-sampling Plastic-products Resin-Fibrous Glass Safety-measures Skin-protective-agents Styrene-resins Toxic-substances Ventilation-systems

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE78110585
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Florida ; Vero Beach (FL) ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  17 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Flesch, Jerome P. ; Peter, David ; Kerdolff, Sandra L.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00092150
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB80-196702
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, HHE 78-110-585, 1979 Apr ; :1-17
• CAS Registry Number:
  ABS (Acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene) (CAS RN 9003-56-9) ; Styrene (CAS RN 100-42-5) ; Methyl alcohol (CAS RN 67-56-1) ; Acetone (CAS RN 67-64-1) ; Trichloroethylene (CAS RN 79-01-6) ; 1,3-Butadiene (CAS RN 106-99-0) ; Acrylonitrile (CAS RN 107-13-1)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1979
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3079 - Miscellaneous Plastics Products - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:3e8b1c6673a65af0dc671fce53912a92b74a6fa1d3b64e58ab3ff998f1cc40cb4b8f1c15d4ff35c9b837160dd36cda0e97b7210c1d9db57766869c9debde6955
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173743/cdc_173743_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.12 MB ]